Welcome to the Washington
County, Mississippi Project, which is part of the MSGenWeb
Project, which is in turn part of the USGenWeb
Project.
My name is
Gayle Triller, your County Coordinator.

Though my Mississippi
roots run deep, unfortunately I'm
not physically located in Washington County and therefore cannot
help you by doing lookups and research. However, I'll be doing
the best I can to provide productive links for you and to obtain
materials that can be posted on the site itself. If you
own any Washington County resources and are available to do lookups
for researchers, please tell me. In the meantime, enjoy
the site and keep stopping by to watch it grow.

Washington County was formed under the First Mississippi Constitution
(1817-1832) on January 29, 1827, largely from the western part of Yazoo
County and also from the northern part of Warren County. It was the state’s
22nd county to organize. Washington County was named for George Washington
(1732-1799) of Virginia, the commanding general of the Continental Army
and the first President of the United States (1789- 1797). Greenville,
the seat of county government was named for General Nathaniel Greene of
Revolutionary War fame. Washington County is located in the Yazoo-Mississippi
Delta soil area of northwest part of the state, bordering the Mississippi
River and state of Arkansas.